Speeding West leads Class A in trans continental air derby
Earl Rowland of Wichita Kansas flies a Cessna on day two westbound from Columbus over St Louis toward Los Angeles. He maintains lead by quick refueling and field stops while two other classes from New York await better weather for start.
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Earl Rowland
Wichita
Kan
Mississippi Valley
Columbus
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Rowland
Fasb
New York
Waca
Richfield Out Company
California
Elds
Mehy
Norton Field
W.P
Jashia
Norton
Shetby
Roosevelt ‘Field
L. I
Pre
Terre Haute
Ind
Kansas
George
Brill
Monterey
Cal
Kansas City
Terre
Haute
Pacific
Nortonfield
McKeesworth
Lieut Gov Kimball Near Death in Iowa Home
Lieut governor of Iowa Kimball is critically ill at his Council Bluffs home with sarcoma after two years of poor health. Friends and associates, including Dr A A Johnson and partner Henry Peterson, say his condition worsened after a Los Angeles trip seeking treatment and remains grave though he is conscious and able to converse. He was renominated for a third term earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
INS
Kimball
Iowa
A. A. Johnson
Johnson
Henry Peterson
Kimball, Pettison Smith
Los Angeles
Minister May Get Seventh Year at Iowa City
W. C. Keeler, pastor of First Methodist Church Town City, may serve a seventh year after the quarterly meeting urged the Davenport district bishop to renew his tenure. Illness last winter kept him bedfast yet he preached via microphone from his bedside, the system connected to the pulpit loudspeaker.
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Town
Guty
W. C. Keeler
First Methodist Church
Town City
Davenport
Keeler
Mike
Meredith Estate Totals 1,215,000 Inheritance
Drs Moines report shows former Secretary of Agriculture T Meredith left an estate and life insurance totaling 1,215,000. Insurance about 313,000. Largest item 8,890 shares of Meredith Publishing stock valued at 850,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs Moines
INS
Dwin T. Meredith
Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith Publishing Company
Des Moines Dean Found Dead in Hotel Room
Des Moines, Sept 6. J D Butter 65 was found dead in a hotel room. Acting Coroner Osborn ruled death by own action from inhaling chloroform. He left a note with instructions for disposal of his body. He formerly lived at Hamburg.
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Des Moines
J. D. Butter
Osborn
Butter
Hamburg
Bishop Hartzell Dies From June Robbery Injuries
Right Rev. Joseph Grane Hartzell bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church for Africa died at Christ hospital from injuries after he was bound and beaten by robbers in his home at Bie Ash near Cincinnati on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Joseph Grane Hartzell
Methodist Episcopal Church For Africa
Christ Hospital
Bie Ash
Here
Delivery deadline notice for Courier service change
The notice instructs readers to receive the Courier by 5 30 if on time and to call 5100 if late to have a copy sent. It specifies the phone line and the need for entries to reach the office before 6 20 p.m. for replacement copies.
Air Derby entrant from Mid-West Airways bids in cross country race
Pilot Livingston of Mid-West Airways operates from Grant highway airport east of the city and enters the Class B division. The New York to Los Angeles air race starts from Roosevelt field with a one day delay. Livingston will fly a Waco powered by a Wright Whirlwind engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-West Airways, Inc
Grant Highway
New York
Los Angeles
Roosevelt Field
Livingston
Waco
Gov Swath to Speak at Omaha Night September 18
Governor Swath announces a campaign swing starting September 16 with three speeches in Nebraska Oklahoma City and Denver. The first stop Oma ha on September 18 followed by Oklahoma City on September 20 and Denver on September 22. All talks will be at night and locales after September 23 remain undecided. The trip leads to the Democratic state convention in Rochester New York starting October 1.
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Albany
N.Y
Smith
West
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Colorado
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Denver
New York State
Pacific Coast
South
Rochester
N. Y
Republican Fung Reports Campaign Finances in Second Monthly Filing
The second monthly Republican campaign finance report on file shows receipts of 658 418 and expenditures of 312 216. The original budget of 4 000 000 was reduced to 3 000 000 by Hoover. Major contributions include 25 000 from Walter Ginnysler and Alfred P Sloan Jr. 10 000 from George M Moffett and Edward W Bok. 5 000 from I E Pierson and Charles D Hilles. 85 000 from Dwight Morrow the American ambassador to Mexico. donors hail from New York and Chicago parties.
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Washington, D. C
JINS
Congress
Pudget
Herbert Hoover
Walter Ginnysler
W. C. Dureau
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Charles Flayden
Jeremiah Millbank
George Eastman
MM. Lb
Soniff
Ail
New York
George M. Moffett
Edward W. Bok
Julius Rosenwald
James Stimpson
Chicago
1. E. Pierson
Charles D. Hilles
Elizabeth M. Horne
Dwight Morrow
Mexico
Short Interviews With Home Folks on Freight Car Icing
Foreman Arthur G. Muncey describes the Illinois Central Ice House setup. The platform runs 1,000 feet long with capacity to ice 23 cars at once. Typical crew pace aims for two minutes per car, with salt used on meat cars and saltless cooling for fruit cars. During peak season about 250 cars are iced daily and each car is loaded with 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur G. Muncey
Seventh Street
Sinois Central Ice House
Wwe
Erna
Broadway Faces Major Wage Strike Threat by Stage Hands
New York stage hands from all legit houses threaten a Saturday walkout unless the International Theatrical Association meets demands for $100 weekly wages, higher hourly rates, and weekly crew rotation. Chicago theatres avert a shutdown as negotiations resume with the musicians and unions. Davenport houses report musicians walking out over orchestra staffing disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Broadway
Actors Equity
International Theatrical Association
Labor Committee of the Maneagers
Jocal No. 1, Theatrical “Protective Union
Thi
Protective Union
Chicago Dodges
Chicago
Chicago Motion
Picture Theatres
Chicago Federation of Musicians
Jamies Petrillo
Musicians’ Union
John Balaban
Ben
Marshman
Department of Labor
Davenport
Moline
Rock Island
Blank Publix
Columbia
Unnion
Naphtha Explosion Kills Mother and Child in Chicago
A naphtha-fueled accident at a Chicago home killed seven-year-old Rachel Warener and her mother Fannie Wagner who died from burns today. They were burning a couch when a can of naphtha exploded showering them with flames.
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Chicago
Rachel Warener
Fannie Wagner
Bishops Gather for Northwestern AME Conference in Mobile and Albany
About 150 delegates from Towa Minnesota South Dakota and three Canadian provinces attend the Northwestern annual conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church meeting this week at Payne chapel. Bishop A J Carey spoke urging ministers to share work and life equally with their wives. Dr Wayman Ward introduced by Carey offered remarks. Bishop S L Greene presided at last night’s session. Mrs Christine Smith led the Women’s Missionary group. Mayor Glenn A Tibbitts will greet the conference tonight on behalf of the city.
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Towa
Minnesota
South Dakota
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Payne Chapel
Mobile
Albany
A.J. ‘Carey
Wayman Ward
Grester Bethel A
H. Pateson
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Waterloo
Milton
Fields
Associa
Carey
Robinson speaks en route to Virginia in campaign tour
Senator Robinson moves through Tennessee on the way to Virginia with stopovers in Nashville Chattanooga and Knoxville. He promotes Hoover for president and highlights campaign dates while awaiting events in Ellizabethton and future stops along the Atlantic coast.
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Robinson
Tennessee
Virginia
Ellizabethton
Hoover
Nashville
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Atlantic Seaboard
Bandits Escape After Large Manhunt in Missouri Valley
Missouri Valley authorities and a 200 strong posse hunted from dawn until near noon for bank robbers believed to have escaped from a cornfield in the Missouri river bottoms. The bandits robbed the State Savings Bank of about 5000 to 7000 dollars yesterday afternoon as Omaha and Sioux City guards watched major approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Valley
Missouri River
Omaha
Sioux City
State Savings Bank
Light Transmission Firm Files Iowa Business Application
The Everett-Aughenbaugh company of Minneapolis applied today with Secretary of State Ed M. Smith to operate in Iowa. It plans a $10,000 initial investment and is engaged in transmitting light, heat, and power. Waterloo is designated as the state headquarter site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Everett-Aughenbaugh ‘Company
Minneapolis
Ed M. Smith
Iowa
Waterloo
Womack Sues Ruth Elder for Divorce in Court
Lyle Womack filed suit for divorce in the canal-zone district court at Aricon charging cretty. He says he tried reconciliation and urged Ruth Elder to join him, but she prefers her career and he does not wish to hinder her.
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Balboa
Lyle Womack
Aricon
Ruth Elder
Cretty
Ruth
DIES IN CRASH HUSBAND WELD IN JAIL IN CRAWFORD COUNTY
Denison Iowa September report says Lena Ogden died in a car crash near Dunlap while her husband Barnn Ogden Dunlap is jailed in Crawford county awaiting investigation. The piece also notes Nevada voters set to decide on extending the Iowa Railway and Light franchise and Episcopal parish conference scheduled in Ames September 15 to 19 with laymen and clergy meetings on the Town State College campus.
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Denison
Nevada
Iowa Railway & Light Corporation
Unis City
Episcopal
Ames
U.P
Episcopal Church
Diocese of Town
Town State College
Six Weeks to Live, Clears Desk, Then Goes Home to Die
Omaha, Sept. 4. The death of H. M. Hargrave 46 formerly of Des Moines was reported early today. Hargrave, publicity director at a large department store, had been told six weeks ago his case was hopeless. He cleared his desk at the store then went home to await death.
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Omaha
Neb
oMée
H. M. Hargrave
Des Moines
Hargrave
Kansan Leads Transcontinental Air Derby Race
Kansas flyer Earl Rowland of Wichita led the transcontinental air derby on the second day, arriving at Kansas City ahead of rivals in a Cessna monoplane. Class A pilots faced weather delays at Roosevelt Field as other contestants pressed toward Terre Haute and St. Louis with planned overnight stops and refueling points.
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Kansas City
Uri
Rarl Rowland
Wishita
Kan
Richards Airport
St. Louis
Bal Rowland
Wichita
St Louis
Lambert
Parture
Pla
Rock
Eugene
Detmer
Tarrytown
Terre ‘Haute
Terre ,Haute
Ind
Tinental
Earl Rowland
Columbus
Rowland
St. "Louis
Roosevelt” Field
Spr
Harrisburg
Terre Frante
Missing Treasurer Drives Southern Baptist Mission Funds Shortage
Alanta Ga Sept 6 A shortage in the Southern Baptist home mission board accounts led by Clinton S Carnes the treasurer missing for some time may reach 1 000 000 officials said today the figure is not official pending audit results and may take months as salaries and other funds cannot be paid urging member churches to forward their shares promptly to support the mission program.
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Alanta
U.R
Baptist Home Mission Board
Clinton S. Carnes
Carnes
Aimee Semple McPherson Begins Eastward Evangelistic Tour
Los Angeles reports that Mrs. Aimee Semple McPherson started her delayed gospel tour today after a settlement of fraud-related real estate accusations at Lake Tahoe. The agreement kept the amount secret, but the plaintiffs claimed they received a full return on their investments. The departure was marked by an Angelus Temple band and farewell songs from over a thousand followers.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Sept. S
Aimee Semple
McPherson
Forest Tn
Lake Tahoe
California
Angelus Temple
John Coolidge Visitation in Northampton Spotted
John Coolidge son of the president spends several days with his grandmother in Northampton Massachusetts while hospitalized since December He denies plans to join Governor Trumbull’s Hartford electrical works plant and travels from New York after being hidden from crowds He is rumored to meet Miss Florence Trumbull in New York upon her Paris arrival in September.
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Northampton
Mass
John Coolidge
America
Prince of Wales
Elmira Goodhue
Coolidge
Governor Trumbull
Hartford
Conn
Young Coolidge
New York
Florence
Trumbull
Gov
Paris
Mayor Thompson Returns to Chicago Health Trip
Mayor William Hale Thompson returns to Chicago after a three month Wisconsin vacation taken for health. He dodges reporters and goes straight to City Hall, locking himself in his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayor Thompson
Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Wisconsin
Efort
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